As President Muhammadu Buhari departs Abuja for New York,
United States, for ten days to attend the annual meeting of global leaders, the
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77) at the same time the Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo is attending Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in the United Kingdom,
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has described their
combined absence as disconcerting.
According to HURIWA, this shows a nation on autopilot since
2015.
HURIWA also stated that the decision of the President and
the Vice President to both depart the shores of the country to fritter away
resources at a time of hyperinflation and a worrying state of insecurity shows
that the current administration does not care about the well-being and welfare
of the populace but the duo are simply after satisfying their insatiable tastes
for globetrotting and epicurean tendencies.
A statement from the presidency disclosed that Buhari, among
many other activities, will take his turn to deliver an address on the second
day of the General Debates on Wednesday, September 21 while Osinbajo joins
other world leaders at the funeral service scheduled to hold at Westminster
Abbey. Ahead of the service.
HURIWA carpeted President Buhari for jetting out of the
shores of the nation at about the same time as his deputy to attend to
ceremonial events that won’t positively or constructively contribute any
solution to the economic and security challenges facing Nigeria.
The group pointed out that the Nigerian constitution did not
envisage a situation such as this when both leaders will abdicate their duties
for some days to attend to ceremonial events.
The rights group emphasized that the Constitution expected
that either the President or his Vice must be on ground in Nigeria.
HURIWA stated that if the President loved his nation so much
more than pursuing his passion for globetrotting, he could have asked the Vice
President to stay back in Nigeria whilst the President attends the funeral
ceremonial event for the departed Queen of England and then fly to the United
States of America to attend the General Assembly of the United Nations.
HURIWA said: “We are beginning to believe that President
Muhammadu Buhari is scared of joining other invitees to the Queen’s funeral in
a bus ride to the venue except the President of the USA who is allowed to ride
in his presidential suv cars but all other World leaders are restricted to the
use of buses.
“There is no reason both the President and his Vice will
disappear from Nigeria at the same time if not that from the word go, they
haven’t been in the right frame of minds to provide quality leadership but have
all these while governed Nigeria in an autopilot way which is why armed non
state actors are causing unprecedented commotion and bloody insecurity all
across the Country and inflation has ballooned out of control at over 20
percent”.
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